Summer Groups 2013 Have Arrived!
New Summer Programs at BPHT: We are excited to be offering summer groups to teach these principles of self-regulation in a fun, interactive, and engaging peer setting. The Alert Program “How Does Your Engine Run?” As described on their website, http://alertprogram.com, “The Alert Program® is an innovative program that supports children, teachers, parents, and therapists to…Continue Reading »
Workshop Update!
Gift Ideas and Activities for Home that Promote Learning! Wednesday, December 5th at 6:30pm Presented By Tatiana Gorsky, MS, OTR/L REGISTER HERE Come and get your hands dirty with fun games and experiments that can help your child explore and self-regulate! Come to learn about products that will make great gifts for the holidays and…Continue Reading »
The Public Arena for Kids with Special Needs
Taking kids to stores is not always the easiest of tasks for any parent. It is even more difficult when our kids with special needs are faced with the ever bustling and busy outside world. On more than one occasion, many children, with or without diagnoses, are overstimulated by their environments. Everyone at the birthday…Continue Reading »
Staff Speak Up: A Therapy Aide’s Experience
Bothell Pediatric and Hand Therapy has been my home now for almost two years. While working as a Therapy Aide I have had the opportunity to learn more about pediatric therapy and it has encouraged me to pursue my degree in Occupational Therapy. A Therapy Aide is certainly not a glamorous job, but one I do…Continue Reading »
Slugs to Roadrunners: How to Help Your Child Develop Self-Regulation Skills
Ask the Expert Workshop – Monday June, 11th at 6:00pm Register for this event now Do you ever feel like your child is running a constant race? Like you can’t get your child moving? Like your child goes from a slug to a roadrunner in a flash? Like your child has difficulty controlling their own…Continue Reading »
The Importance of Phonological Awareness in Reading Development
Did you know that children develop reading skills before being introduced to written language? During the past 20 years, research on reading, reading development, and reading instruction has revealed that a strong understanding of spoken language is critical to the development of basic reading and writing skills. Words in English are composed of strings of sounds…Continue Reading »
Speech Stars May 2012
Amazing success stories from our speech and language patients. “My son is hard of hearing, so we sought out more speech therapy then the school district was offering here at BPHT. My son has made great gains, during his time here. He is integrating into General Education classes, making new friends and better able to…Continue Reading »
When Talking is Hard – AAC Can Help
Most children learn to talk on their own. Although there are sometimes some bumps along the road, this process can feel like magic. After all, parents do not need to sit down with their child and teach every word he or she may ever say. However, sometimes learning to talk is really hard. This…Continue Reading »
Speech-Language Pathology: My Career and My Passion
I have always thought that a career should be more than just a job, but also a passion and something that lights a fire in you to go out and change the world. I feel lucky that I found my career because for me, it does just that. As a speech-language pathologist, I get to…Continue Reading »
